How to make a pumpkin for Halloween at home: step by step

Carving pumpkins is one of the best-known Halloween traditions. Although this is a typical tradition in the United States, more and more countries around the world celebrate it and Spain is no exception. So if this year you are going to celebrate Halloween at home, you should not miss a decorated Halloween pumpkin. But the most sustainable thing is not to buy it but to make it at home in a traditional way. In this article we explain the easiest way to carve your pumpkin.

Halloween Pumpkins: The Origin

The origin of this tradition comes from Scotland and Ireland where there is a legend that a farmer managed to deceive the devil and he promised that he would never go looking for him.

According to legend, when the farmer died when he was denied entrance to heaven, he begged the devil to accept him. However, the devil He sentenced him to wander the paths of purgatory in total darkness. According to the story, the farmer asked for a light and the devil gave him an ember. The farmer took a turnip, trimmed it and put it on the fire. This is how he managed to illuminate the dark paths of purgatory.

From there he was born the tradition of placing turnips in the windows of houses to scare away the devil during Halloween night. However, when this tradition came to the United States from the hand of Irish immigrants, as there was an excess of pumpkins there, the turnip was replaced by the pumpkin.